Dharshini Bandara

With extensive experience in advising and representing clients in English legal matters from Hamburg, Dharshini focuses her legal expertise on Commercial and Shipping law representing clients in litigation and arbitration proceedings before the English courts and arbitration Tribunals. She regularly advises clients in relation to drafting and negotiating international commercial contracts be it sale, design, service or construction contracts.

She also deals with all aspects of dry and wet shipping, to include Charterparty and Bills of Lading disputes, cargo claims, shipbuilding/construction disputes and maritime casualties – assisting clients in emergency response and ensuing court or arbitration proceedings.

Recent work

Co-ordinating the emergency response and advising Charterers and their underwriters in relation to a casualty of a multi – purpose vessel off German waters, and representing clients in London arbitration

London High Court Proceedings in relation to a dispute under a European distribution agreement for a manufacturer and trader of chemical products

London arbitration proceedings defending claims for damage to hull of a vessel carrying a cargo of Sulphur

Drafting supply of services and design contracts for a leading machinery manufacturer